Chagri Beg

Chagri-Beg Mikailoglu (2 January 1006-2 January 1060) was the Governor of Khorasan from 1040 to 1060 under the Seljuk Empire, ruled by his son Alp Arslan.

Biography
Chagri-Beg Mikailoglu was born in 1006 to Mikail Seljukoglu. He was of Turkish Sunni Muslim descent. Along with his brother Tughril Beg, he served the Karakhanids of Uzbekistan until the Ghaznavids defeated their masters, and they regained independence. He founded the Seljuk Empire with his other clansmen, and they defeated the Ghaznavids at the 1040 Battle of Dandanaqan, securing their domination over Khorasan and cutting the Ghaznavids to ribbons. He married his daughter to Caliph al-Qa'im in 1056 to secure the Seljuk Empire's influence over the Abbasid Caliphate. He died in 1060.